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224 — J. H. Bill on the test for Bromids. 
in existence, together with the archives of their history. In 
the cases of those that were built near the sea, the distances 
from this are given ; and frequent mention is made of towns 
mounds, and natural hills, washed by the sea, within historic 
times, which are now far inland. 
Thus, in B. C. 220, the town Putai is said to have been one li 
west of the sea-shore, while in A. D. 1730 it was 140 li inland,* 
a yearly increase of 100 feet, more or less, according to t 
length of the li. Hienshuikau (on the Pei Ho, in long. 117° 
32’ E.) is said to have been on the sea-shore in A. D. 500,f and 
is at present about eighteen miles distant, an increase of about 
81 feet per annum. 
Along the southern shore of the gulf of Pechele the yearly 
increase N. E. of Shukwang since B. C. 220, seems to have been 
‘not more than 30 feet, 
e sea-shore, according to local tradition, was near the 
present location of Tientsin (fu) during the Han dynasty. 
_Itis also recorded that under the reign of the Han, the 
bi _ entered the sea at Changwu, near the present 
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Art. XXVI.—Test for Bromids; by Surgeon J, H. Bu, 
_ U.S. Army. 
best way of applying the test. | Separate iodids b adium, 
and after getting rid of excess of ‘paliaalbtin: by * aiphuretted 
